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📅 2021 ⏱ 2h 11min R Released FHD / 4K

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

"Her voice would not be silenced."

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Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

🎬 DirectorLee Daniels

📅 Release2021-03-31

🌍 CountryUnited States of America

🗣 LanguageMandarin, English, French, German

🏢 StudioLee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films

🗳 Votes305

🔥 Popularity2

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🎭 Cast

Andra Day

Billie Holiday

Trevante Rhodes

Jimmy Fletcher

Garrett Hedlund

Harry Anslinger

Leslie Jordan

Reginald Lord Devine

Miss Lawrence

Miss Freddy

Adriane Lenox

Mrs. Fletcher

Natasha Lyonne

Tallulah Bankhead

Rob Morgan

Louis McKay

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Roslyn

Evan Ross

Agent Williams

Tyler James Williams

Lester 'Prez' Young

Tone Bell

John Levy

Blake DeLong

Agent Carter

Dana Gourrier

Sadie

Melvin Gregg

Joe Guy

🎥 Crew

Book Johann Hari

Producer Lee Daniels

Executive Producer Johann Hari

Executive Producer Dennis Stratton

Executive Producer Patty Long

Costume Designer Paolo Nieddu

Co-Producer Jahil Fisher

Co-Producer H.H. Cooper

Co-Executive Producer Simone Sheffield

Executive Music Producer Salaam Remi

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war on drugsnew orleans, louisianajazz singer or musicianban from professionbiographysurveillanceheroin addiction1940s1950sfbi agent

💬 Reviews

Manuel São Bento ⭐ 3/10

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Even though I love listening to jazz, I've never been to a concert or a club specific to this type of music. Following this train of thought, I didn't know anything about Billie Holiday's real-life story and her tremendous impact not only in the respective musical genre but also in the fight agains…

Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots ⭐ 6/10

Jazz musician Billie Holiday is a legend; one of the greatest musicians of all time. Most music fans can name their favorite Holiday tune, but none caused more controversy than her song about black lynching, “Strange Fruit.” Screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks builds her story (based on the novel by Johann Hari) around the song, one that many people claimed had un-American lyrics and provoked people…

tmdb28039023 ⭐ 1/10

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